Virat Kohli hits back at ‘strike rate’ criticism after match-winning fifty in GT vs RCB

Virat Kohli hit back at the criticism surrounding his batting strike rate, after his fifty helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a win against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

“There’s a reason why you do it for 15 years. For me, it’s only about doing the work, people can talk anything they want to. They can talk about me not able to push on, not playing spin well, but you yourself know the game better,” said Kohli after the game against Titans.

“People who sit in the box and haven’t done it themselves can say whatever they want to say about me, I play according to what the team needs and win games for my team,” added Kohli.

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Kohli was involved in a match-winning 166-run partnership with Will Jacks, which helped RCB to its third win of the season.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Director of Cricket Mo Bobat had earlier come in defence of Kohli pointing out that the team is not worried about his strike rate.

“The point on Virat’s strike rate gets a lot of air time. But he has scored the most runs, and he is also offering a decent strike rate. I’m not spending too much time worrying about Virat’s batting,” Bobat said.